Dish-pan.



MAGGIE C. FOX, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

DISH- PAN.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,511, dated February 19, 1901. Application led July l2, 1899. Serial No. 723,595. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, MAGGIE O. FOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo, State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish-Pans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to dish-pans, and has for its object to provide adevice of this nature in which two separate compartments are provided, one for washing and one for rinsing, the washing-compartment having a drain through the medium of which the waste water can be drained off and that compartment relled to enable a iinal rinsing of the dishes, a removable drain being provided for the reception of the dishes after their iin al washing.

In the drawings forming a part of this speciiication, and in which like letters of reference indicate similar parts in both views, Figure 1 is a side view, partly broken away, showing the arrangement of the partition and the drain, also the in wardly-directed flange. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of my dishpan, showing the partition and the drainboard.

In operating in accordance with my invention I form a pan a, which is preferably oblong or elliptical in plan view,and transversely of this pan and preferably nearer one end than the other thereof I secure a water-tight partition b,which extends upwardly to a point below the upper edge of the pan. The upper edge of the pan is provided with an inwardly and downwardly directed iiange c, which not only serves to stiffen the structure, but also prevents to a great extent splashing over the side of the pan. The ange :furthermore forms a rest for the edges of a foraminous drainboard d, having hook e along one edge thereof to engage over the partition b. Aspigot f is arranged for the major compartment g, through the medium of which said compartment can be drained.

.A The operation of my device is as follows: The compartments of the pan are filled with water, and in the major compartment the `dishes are washed. The dishes are then placed in the minor compartment to be rinsed and from which they may be wiped. If it be desired to further rinse the dishes, however, the spigotfis opened and lthe major compartment is drained, after which it is filled with clear water. Thedrain-board d is then adjusted over the minor compartment and the dishes are placed thereon to drain, and after draining they may be wiped.

The employment of the spigot enables the emptying of the main compartment without molestation of the dishes Within either compartment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- An elongated dish-pan having an inwardly and downwardly directed flange at its upper edge, a partition secured within the pan transversely thereof, said partition being secured to and extending above the lower, inner edge of the ange to sustain the flange and form a support, and a drain-board disposed upon the upper edge of the partition and upon the flange at one side of the partition.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAGGIE C. FOX.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. EKUNZ, JNO. C. HAY, Jr. 

